Southampton Trails Preservation Society
SOUTHAMPTON TRAILS PRESERVATION SOCIETY

P.O. Box 1171
Bridgehampton, NY 11932
631-537-5202
info@southamptontrails.org
FIRST EVER PHOTO CONTEST
A few rules:
The picture must have been taken within the Town of Southampton. You don't need to be a member
of STPS  (but please think about joining anyway!).
Maximum of 3 photos per photographer.  
You will permit STPS to print the photo or add it to their website or mailings.
Contest runs from Nov. 6th, 2009 to June 30th, 2010

PRIZES
First Place: Two tickets to our Annual Dinner.
Second Prize: Two of Mike Bottini's books:  "Trail Guide" and "Guide to East End Waters"
Third Prize: Two STPS T-Shirts and a water bottle

HOW TO SUBMIT
Send your digital image to: photos@southamptontrails.org
Each photo needs to be identified with the location and date taken.
The judges will be professional photographers
Kurt Billing Trail - Southampton -  Nov. 2009
# 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
Cherry Blossoms - Hampton Bays - Spring 2009
Hellebore - Hampton Bays - Spring 2009
Wainscott Woods - 2009
Eastern Box Turtle & Blueberries - Sag Harbor - 2008
# 5
# 6
Mallard Ducks of Crooked Pond - 2007
# 7
Round Pond - Sag Harbor - 2007
# 8
# 9
# 10
Rose Elliston Park  - Southampton - 2010
Turkeys - Munns Pond - Hampton Bays - 2010
Rose Elliston Park  - Southampton - 2010
# 11
Osprey Moon - Pine Neck - 2010
# 12
Dump Rake - Sag Harbor - 2010
# 13
Ocean Light - Sagaponack - 2010
JUDGING
Scoring is on a basis of 10 points: three (3) for technical merit, three (3)
for composition and four (4) for impact, from each of three judges
# 14
# 15
# 16
Reflections - Rose Elliston Park - Oct. 2009
Planks - Rose Elliston Park - Oct. 2009
Brown Yellow Leaves - Rose Elliston Park - Oct. 2009
# 17
Kurt Billing Trail #2 - Southampton - Nov. 2009
And The Winners Are:

First Place: #17 - Bill Jacovina
Second Place: #11 - Mark Potter
Third Place: #5 - Bob Wolfram

Three professional photographers judged the 17 images, and selected 6 they felt were the best. Our sincere thanks to Dave
McHugh of Hampton PhotoArts, Renate Pfleiderer Photography, and Dana Shaw of the Southampton Press for participating!
East End Naturalist Mike Bottini made the final choices.
THANKS TO THE JUDGES, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNNERS, AND
THANKS TO
EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED WITH GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS  !!!!!!
FIRST PLACE
SECOND PLACE
THIRD  PLACE